Raj Thackeray

Maharashtra may be about to send a powerful and positive message with this vote to all parties: don't mess with the voter by throwing red herrings across her path. Focus on doing your job - which is to create growth, jobs and security. The rest is crap.

The stakes are high for every party - not least for the BJP which will be fighting on its own in both states. The Congress will be fighting to improve on its Lok Sabha showing, and the Shiv Sena will be fighting to retain its edge as the single largest regional party in Maharashtra.

Nitish Kumar thinks he is more qualified than Modi to be PM. Arvind Kejriwal says Modi has done nothing worthwhile in Gujarat. Every regional party says there is no Modi wave in their state.

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray has been detained by the Mumbai Police near Chembur when he along with the party workers was out on streets protesting against the collection of tax at toll plazas in the state.

The data suggest that in 2009, the BJP won 51 percent of its straight fights, but only 31 percent of its multi-cornered fights. The Congress, on the other hand, won 55 percent and 58 percent respectively.

Thackeray said he will continue his agitation till the time the 'illegal' toll collection centres are shut. He even dared the Maharashtra goverment to arrest him.

Political workers of MNS went on rampage, vandalizing toll booths, after the party chief urged them not to pay road toll at a rally in Navi Mumbai.

The attack came after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray last night asked workers and citizens not to pay even a single penny as toll tariff in the state even if it meant that they had to resort to violence to prevent it.

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray today shared dais with Amitabh Bachchan and said that whatever happened between him and the actor is now a thing of the past.

Federation of Associations of Maharashtra (FAM) today said nearly one million retail traders in the state will intensify the strike against the newly- introduced Local Body Tax from Thursday.

After MPCC, MNS chief Raj Thackeray also said that actor Shahrukh Khan should be allowed entry in the Wankhede stadium and that banning him was "childishness". "Whatever happened that time was wrong. The chapter is closed now.

Republican Party of India (RPI) leader Ramdas Athawale said today that Raj Thackeray should merge his Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) with the Shiv Sena. "Raj should merge MNS with the Sena.

A patch up is reportedly in the offing between the Thackeray cousins ahead of the 2014 elections. Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray hasn't dismissed the idea. In an interview to party mouthpiece Saamna, Uddhav has for the first time hinted at the possibility of a reconciliation with his cousin Raj Thackeray.

Training his guns at people from Bihar again, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray blamed them for rising incidents of rapes in the country. Thackeray said that while everyone is talking about the Delhi gangrape, nobody is asking where these men came from.

Raj Thackeray-led MNS has complained to police that a bogus account was allegedly created in the name of the party chief's son on social networking site Facebook and "objectionable" comments about B R Ambedkar were posted.

The government has modified rules under the controversial Section 66(A) of the Information Technology Act in the wake of its alleged misuse in recent few cases.

A teenage boy was detained by police in neighbouring Thane district for questioning today in connection with an allegedly vulgar post on Facebook against MNS chief Raj Thackeray.

A man has been questioned by the Mumbai police on Wednesday for allegedly posting derogatory remark against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Facebook.

The proposal over late Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's memorial at Shivaji Park in Mumbai has led to a controversy.

Former Maharashtra chief minister and Shiv Sena leader Manohar Joshi has demanded that a memorial to party chief Bal Thackeray be built and installed at his cremation venue, the Shivaji Park, next to the memorial to Chhattrapati Shivaji.